Your employer gives you a lump sum payment, maybe in cash. Remember that you must be paid for all the time that you work, and not less than the minimum wage for each hour. Your employer cannot make a “deal” with you to pay you a lump sum in cash which is less than the minimum wage for each hour that you work. And it does not make a difference if you are an undocumented worker. After January 1, 2007, the minimum hourly wage is not less than $7.15 per hour, and that number will increase. Your employer has to give you a written statement each week just how he is calculating your hours worked, rate of straight time pay, and rate of overtime pay. If he doesn’t, maybe he is trying to hide that he is putting your minimum wages into his pocket.

Low wage workers and undocumented workers are often shortchanged when their employer does not pay the minimum wage. Federal Law and New York State law do not permit minimum wage violations. Over the years, you can lose a lot of money when your employer puts into his pocket the difference between the minimum wage and the wage he pays you. Your employer cannot make a “deal” with you to pay you less than the minimum wage. Nor can your employer subject you to retaliation in New York State or New York City because you complain that you are not being paid the minimum wage.

Contact us online or call us at (212) 949-1001 if you think that your employer's harmful actions stem from not paying you the minimum wage, and we will use our more than 25 years of experience to help you resolve the matter by negotiation or by going to court in the State of New York or New York City.